News Story

Arcades Owe Detroit Thousands of Quarters Each Year

Read more

Commentary

MEA Attack on Online Charters Misses Mark

Policy based on bad data, double standards would hurt families

Read more

Commentary

Update: D.C.’s Tax Reform Sausage Making May Still Work Out

Tax Foundation Calculates $2,500 gain per Michigan family

Read more

News Story

Half Of Able-Bodied Michigan Medicaid Expansion Enrollees Don’t Work

More than 600,000 enrolled, while total state unemployment down to just 218,000

Read more

Commentary

Michigan Was Right to End Film Incentives

New report backs up legislators

Read more

News Story

Iron Mountain Schools Draws Flak for Novel Homeschool Co-op

'I don’t think it’s a fair way of doing it,' says neighboring superintendent

Read more

Commentary

Why did the Governor Flip Flop on Corporate Welfare?

Corporate handouts remain unfair and ineffective

Read more

News Story

Price of Electricity Up 85 Percent Since 2001

Read more

News Story

Teachers Union Head Gets Annual $92,000 Pension Bonus, Courtesy of Taxpayers

Scheme let top union officials get school pensions based on six-figure union salaries

Read more

Editorial

This ‘Sleepy Old Monopoly’ Jams Region’s Highest Energy Rates on Michigan

Read more

Editorial

Forfeiture From People Not Convicted of a Crime in Michigan Isn’t ‘Rare’

Read more

News Story

East Lansing Loses $350,000 Running 'Aquatic Center'

Read more

News Story

With Income Tax Rejected By Voters, East Lansing Looks at Spending Cuts

A common story: Residents will pay for years of pension underfunding by elected officials

Read more

News Story

Another Local Politician Violates Election Law, Sanctions Again Unlikely

‘Elected officials ... violate the law far too often,’ says critic of taxpayer-funded tax-hike electioneering

Read more

Commentary

Why There’s a Revolving Prison Door

New research suggests that strict parole rules contribute to inflated prison populations

Read more

News Story

City Taxpayers Will Pay Millions For Past Employees’ Benefits

Politicians break faith, promise retiree health insurance without paying for it

Read more

News Story

No More ‘Chippewas,’ ‘Eskymos’ or ‘Fighting Scots’? Bill Bans Ethnic Mascots

State government officials would create a ‘banned in Michigan’ list

Read more

News Story

Michigan Lottery Sees Huge Increase, Meaning Windfall for Schools

Read more

Commentary

Change Careers to Teaching? Take the SAT

New bureaucratic rule constricts educator pipeline

Read more

Analysis

Insurance Reform Opponents Spin 'No' Votes; Drivers Just Want Rate Relief

Now what? Some special interests have reason to celebrate the high-cost status quo

Read more

News Story

Legislature Looking to Streamline Internet Services

Bills would limit fees and ban government-owned networks

Read more

News Story

Don’t Push the School Funding Panic Button

Districts can adapt to federal enrollment projections

Read more

News Story

Michigan Local Governments Have Self-Inflicted Financial Problems

It’s up to them to stop adding retiree debt

Read more

News Story

Incentive For New Teachers in Hard-To-Fill Specialties? Zero

Experience, independent research, suggest Michigan’s system doesn’t make sense

Read more

Commentary

Skilled Trades Teachers Don’t Need a College Degree

Why doesn’t the principals’ association trust its members?

Read more

View more